Summer A Only! PUP 3323: Women and Politics
M-F | Period 2 (9:30-10:45 AM) | Section 20414
Women represent approximately half of the world’s population, yet they are underrepresented in government institutions, such as legislatures, party leadership, and national executives. What explains this phenomenon? In this course we will explore how descriptive representation translates to substantive representation, which electoral laws and systems favor the election of women, and how women behave once in elected office. We will also explore the changing role of women in the electorate, including women’s voting behavior and preferences. This course will take a comparative approach and we will investigate women and their relationship to politics cross-nationally, across all the regions of the globe. Lecturer: Dr. Teresa Cornacchione
Faculty with the Bob Graham Center for Public Service will be offering these courses for Fall 2024.
NEW! IDS 4930: Global Middle East
M,W,F | Period 4 (10:40 AM – 11:30 AM) | Section: 26139
Middle Eastern societies are profoundly influenced by developments in other parts of the world. The circulation of ideas, culture, technologies, people, capital, goods, and energy is altering the Middle East from all directions. On one hand, this heightened porosity between the Middle East and the rest of the world can be seen as a case of globalization. On the other hand, the periodization of “Globalization” as a new age can be questioned both historically and politically. While the accelerated flow of things can be applauded as a harbinger of a more unified world where ideas, technologies, and people move freely, new structures of power and inequity can also be located in the established pathways of select flows, in certain directions, featuring uneven obstacles. This nuanced landscape is what we will navigate in this course, critically analyzing the many flows that situate the Middle East in a global context. Lecturer: Dr. Onursal Erol
AMH 2020: American History 1877-present
T,R | Period 4 (10:40 AM – 11:30 AM) | Sections: 24076, 24073, 24072, 24075, 24077, 24074
American History, 1877-present examines the major social, economic, and political developments that have shaped America from l877 to the present. AMH 2020 is an introductory course designed to expose students of all majors to important themes, interpretations, events, and primary sources in U.S. History. As a part of the course, the instructor will include a special focus on how communities strove forward in the face of unyielding challenges to expand and secure our democracy, civil liberties, and basic human rights. Lecturer: Dr. Kevin Bird
IDS 2338: Democratic Engagement and Public Leadership
Online | Asynchronous
Being a citizen implies a certain set of individual responsibilities that are essential to a healthy and functioning democracy. Fulfilling one’s role as a citizen requires engaged and informed participation. This course provides the tools and skills needed to be an effective citizen and offers opportunities for engagement and experiential learning. From the founding documents to the role of the press in politics, this course provides an understanding of how the past informs current political debate. Lecturer: Marianne Vernetson
IDS 4930: Culture and Politics in Southeast Asia
T | Period 7 (1:55 PM – 2:45 PM) | Section 22221
R | Periods 7-8 (1:55 PM – 3:50 PM) | Section 22221
This course offers an introduction to the diverse nation-states, people, and governments of contemporary Southeast Asia, with a particular emphasis on the intersections between culture and politics in the region. The countries of Southeast Asia (Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, East Timor, and Brunei) emerged from the age of imperialism with newly minted borders, a variety of political systems, and tensions between different segments of the population over the definition and future of the nation. We will explore Southeast Asia’s economic growth and development through the topics of postcolonial nation-building, ethnic conflict, nationalism and cultural pluralism, indigenous rights, gender roles, religious practices, education and language. Lecturer: Dr. Tim Karis
INS 4930: Senior Research Seminar in International Studies
W | Periods 5-7 (11:45 AM – 2:45 PM) | Section 22220
This course offers seniors in the International Studies major the opportunity to examine current debates and theoretical trends in the field, conduct guided research on a topic and region of their choice, and write an original research paper. Each week, our readings and discussions will address both 1) research and writing strategies to guide your project, and 2) issues and concepts of contemporary relevance to international studies scholars, including debates about globalization and the nation-state, global political movements, citizenship and rights, the environment and social justice, political-economic change, migration and refugees, urbanization, power and resistance, gender and development, and humanitarianism. We will use the readings not only to extract insight and information, but also to serve as models for the presentation of research findings. The seminar covers all regions of the world and draws on scholarship from a variety of disciplines in the social sciences. Lecturers: Dr. Tim Karis | Dr. Alex Panayotov
INS 3004: Perspectives in International Studies
M,W,F | Period 7 (1:55 PM – 2:45 PM) | Section 13730
This course serves as the introduction to the International Studies major, but you do not need to be in the International Studies major to take it. Students will be introduced to the contemporary international system and the major regions of the world, as well as to the academic disciplines that make up the field of International Studies. Students will learn about a range of issues that have been important historically, become increasingly more important over the last couple of decades, and will remain significant for the foreseeable future — international conflict, the role of technology and media in societies, the international economy, the question of development and poverty, the role of culture and globalization, and the challenges of the global commons. The course will help set you up to do well in the International Studies major if you choose to pursue it, but will also help you become a more engaged participant in the world you inhabit. Lecturer: Dr. Onursal Erol